Learning at Home
Weekly Assignments Which Are Engaging and Low/No Tech
Dear Principals & Teachers,
With our best wishes for the health and safety of every member of your community,
Your friends at Smore.
p.s. You can use this paragraph as an intro to families from you, or you can simply delete it.
We may not be in school, but... the learning doesn't stop! This week's theme is HOME
Optional Note to Parents: How to structure the day/week.
Each week we will send you a newsletter with activities for the week. None of the activities will require a computer, though some might require your assistance (depending on the age of your child). We encourage you to set aside time each day for learning and, to the best of your ability, maintain a consistent routine for as long as we are out of school. Your teacher has created a plan for assignments, which follow the guidelines below.
RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE: Kindergarten thru 2nd grade (60 minutes maximum)
- 20 minutes writing (or 10 minutes twice a day)
- 20 minutes reading (or 10 minutes twice a day)
- 20 minutes mathematics (or 10 minutes twice a day)
RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE: 3rd thru 5th grade (90 minutes maximum)
- 30 minutes writing
- 30 minutes reading
- 30 minutes mathematics
Your teacher will be available for guidance and support each day so please reach out to him/her if you need help and/or support.
Literacy!
Writing Activities about Home
- Pick a room (bedroom, living room, kitchen, family room, even bathroom!) and describe your dream version of it. What would it look like? What would it have in it?
- Write a conversation between two people in your home, or two imaginary people, where one person is surprised by something in the conversation.
- Write a conversation between two people in your home, or two imaginary people, who have a problem or disagreement that gets solved.
- Describe your favorite meal
- Interview a person in your family about their childhood. Ask about their favorite: games to play, foods to eat, and music to listen to. Write it up in your journal.
- Write a journal entry about how you're feeling and what your day was like.
- Write down your dreams
* Parents, take a picture of your child's daily journal and send it to me using the contact info below. I will send comments back to you to share with your child.
Reading
* Reading and writing can be in English, or in your home language, or in a combination.
Math
- Make a map of a room in your home
- Build towers and measure them
- Give your child a pre-determined weight or measurement and challenge them to find objects in the home that are that length/measurement and then check their accuracy.
- Play the Yes/No game. 2 Players. Use slips of paper or index cards and draw simple shapes or write numbers on them. Each player takes a card from the pile (face down) and holds it over their head. The object is to guess what's on your card, using only Yes or No questions (ex. Am I more than 10? Am I less than 15?). Keep asking questions until you get it correct.
- Play 24. Write down four numbers under 10, and try to make them add up to 24 using any mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.) Write down all the solutions you come up with.
Our School
Email: teachername@ourschool.org
Website: ourschoolwebsite.org
Phone: (206)555-1234
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